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incidents/AIR-2026-0339

Malicious Commit Deploys Destructive AI Agent in Amazon Q Extension

Attack on AI3 Confirmed exploitationSupply chainAgent hijack

A malicious actor abused compromised repository credentials to push code that made the Amazon Q VS Code extension deploy a destructive agent. Amazon identified and mitigated the issue before widespread unauthorized system cleanup occurred.

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Supply chainprimary
    Malicious or backdoored models, poisoned packages, unsafe deserialization and other compromised AI dependencies.
  • Agent hijack
    An AI agent is tricked into unauthorized actions: tool misuse, data exfiltration through the agent, or acting against its principal.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
Amazon, Framework / tooling
products
Amazon Q Developer, Amazon Q VS Code Extension
incident date
13 Jul 2025
first reported
30 Jan 2026
origin
MITRE ATLAS
Derived from MITRE ATLAS (Apache 2.0, © MITRE).
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
supply_chain · agent_hijack · amazon_q · vs_code
record
created 2026-10-18 06:55Z · updated 2026-10-18 06:55Z · json

Sources · 6

  1. 2026-01-30
    Code to Deploy Destructive AI Agent Discovered in Amazon Q VS Code Extension
    MITRE ATLAS · atlas.mitre.org/studies/AML.CS0047
  2. 2026-01-30
    AWS Security update regarding the Amazon Q VS Code extension incident
    aws.amazon.com · aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/AWS-2025-015
  3. 2026-01-30
    GitHub commit containing the malicious prompt
    GitHub · github.com/aws/aws-toolkit-vscode/commit/1294b38b7fade342cfcbaf7cf80e2e5096ea1f9
  4. 2026-01-30
    Medium article detailing the events of the Amazon Q VS Code extension incident
    medium.com · medium.com/@ismailkovvuru/the-amazon-q-vs-code-prompt-injection-explained-impact
  5. 2026-01-30
    CVE detailing the Amazon Q Developer VS Code Extension Vulnerability
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8217
  6. 2026-01-30
    404 Media report on the Amazon Q VS Code extension incident
    404 Media · 404media.co/hacker-plants-computer-wiping-commands-in-amazons-ai-coding-agent

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